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Crofoot thinks they were camps of outlying lodges. The occupa- 

 tion is colonial Seneca. 



6 1 Village site on lot i, Leicester, on the Littleddyke farm, on the 

 south point of the town of Leicester and on the west side of the 

 Genesee river on a bluff north of Smoky Hollow. The occupation 

 is pre-Iroquoian and there is no pottery. 



62 Village in town of Leicester named as Big Tree by Morgan 



(P-434)- 



63 Village site located on the property of Wadsworth at the junc- 

 tion of the Canaserega creek and Genesee river. The Indian name is 

 Gawshegwehoh, denoting rattlesnakes, which it is said were plenti- 

 ful there in early days. The town was destroyed by Sullivan's army. 

 Surface findings consist of arrow points, pestles, celts, hammer- 

 stones, an occasional brass arrow point. A number of large brass 

 buttons have been collected from this site by Mr Crofoot of Sonyea. 

 (Follett's notes.) 



64 Camp on Jaycox creek north of Geneseo. 



65 Small village west bank of Genesee river near Geneseo. Mod- 

 ern Oneida village, inhabited to a late date. 



66 Small village west side of Conesus lake. 



67 Village site in Geneseo on lots 77 and 84. The occupation is 

 pre-Iroquoian and has yielded a semilunar knife, flints, celts and long 

 pestles, but no pottery and no metal. The site embraces about 5 

 acres and lies in a triangle between the Erie Railroad tracks and 

 Jaycox creek. The best articles have been found immediately 

 back of the railroad station. 



68 Village site covering more than 50 acres south of Fall brook, 

 in the town of Geneseo, on lots 40 and 41. The occupied ground 

 lies along the ravine and extends to the river flats. There is an early 

 occupation followed by that of some Iroquoian people and later by 

 the Senecas, who had a village fort at the time of Sullivan's raid. 

 The earlier occupation has yielded gouges, celts, long pestles, drills 

 and several very fine banner stones and gorgets. The Iroquoian 

 occupation has yielded pottery, bone and shell articles, etc. The 

 European contact is shown by fragments of brass, copper and iron 

 axes. 



69 Village site in the (town of Geneseo on lot 43. Most of it occu- 

 pies the big lot on the flats. The site covers more than 100 acres and 

 lies along the flats between five small creeks. There are several 

 camp sites here that have yielded several fine slate ceremonials, frag- 

 ments of steatite, gouges and cylindrical pestles. The later Seneca 



